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    Directions : In the following question, a small passage is given. The options below have 4 sentences. From these, choose the sentence as your answer, that best describes the passage briefly, without the addition of any other information. If no sentence serves as the summary of the given passage, choose option 5, ‘None of these’ as your answer.

    Among the best uses of a census anywhere in the world was perhaps what happened in the United States when, in 1850 and 1860, anti-slavery campaigners used numbers from two consecutive national censuses to build support for the abolition of slavery. They showed the number of enslaved people in the U.S. to be rising — contrary to arguments made by pro-slavery politicians. There have been numerous instances of such revelations using the census.

    A Censuses played a key role in the abolition of slavery in the U.S. because, with the help of censuses, anti-slavery campaigners were able to bring out the perils faced by slaves, thus making international organisations notice them. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B During the 1850s and 1860s, there has been a mass movement in the U.S. against slavery, and censuses contributed greatly to this, by validating the grounds of the pro-slavery politicians, that slavery has been rising in the U.S. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C During the mid-1800s, people who were against slavery proved wrong the claims of the pro-slavery politicians that slavery was declining in the U.S., and used two national censuses to gain support for slavery abolition, thus bringing out the best use of censuses. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D A census has proved its worth in many ways; one of them, being a key contributor to the abolition of slavery, when the anti-slavery campaigners used a census to prove that slaves were rising in the U.S., thus involving the politicians to fight against it. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    In option 1, additional information like international organisations, is used. In option 2, the claim is wrong. Politicians claimed that slavery was decreasing. Option 3 is correct. In option 4, ‘a census’ is mentioned, where the campaigners used two censuses to bring out the difficulties faced by slaves.

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